Guillermo Vázquez (chess player)

Guillermo Vázquez (born 1997) is a Paraguayan chess player, who was awarded the title of International Master by FIDE in 2015.

Guillermo Vázquez
CountryParaguay
Born1997
TitleInternational Master (IM) (2015)
FIDE rating2561 (April 2022)
Peak rating2527 (March 2020)

He won the Paraguayan Chess Championship in 2010 and 2011,[1] and was part of the UT Dallas team that finished fourth in the Kasparov Chess Foundation University Cup.[2]

He has also represented Paraguay in the Chess Olympiad, including the 39th Chess Olympiad, where he finished on 4/10 on board 4,[3] 40th Chess Olympiad (5.5/9 on board 4),[4] 41st Chess Olympiad (6/9 on board 4),[5][6] and the 43rd Chess Olympiad (6.5/11 on board 2).[7]

He qualified to play in the Chess World Cup 2021. He won in the first round against grandmaster Nikita Meshkovs. In the second round, he lost against the eventual winner Jan-Krzysztof Duda.

References
  1. "Guillermo Vazquez - UTRGV". www.utrgv.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  2. "Kasparov Tournament - Chess". chess.utdallas.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  3. "OlimpBase :: 39th Chess Olympiad, Khanty-Mansiysk 2010, Paraguay". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  4. "OlimpBase :: 40th Chess Olympiad, Istanbul 2012, Paraguay". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  5. "An American in Tromso". Chess Musings. 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  6. "OlimpBase :: 41st Chess Olympiad, Tromsø 2014, Paraguay". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  7. "OlimpBase :: 43rd Chess Olympiad, Batumi 2018, Paraguay". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-07-05.


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